“ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you: the one to slander you, and the other to get the news to you. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. ” ~   Mark Twain
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Inspiring Quotes : |
“ Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. ” ~   Mark Twain
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Inspirational Quotes : |
“ By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it. ” ~   Mark Twain
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“ Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. ” ~   Mark Twain
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